There are many specialist print and online resources for Clinical Medicine in Cambridge. These pages give you an overview of the resources and research support that libraries can offer.
University of Cambridge staff and students can borrow books from the library with their blue cards. NHS staff based in the East of England can register using the registration form. Once the form has been completed please email us from your NHS email account including your current role and contract end date. If you have previously been a member of the Medical Library please contact us and we can re-activate your library account.
Here are some starting points for searching for the books, journal articles, and other resources you need.
To access databases via Raven use the A-Z databases LibGuide.
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub to access electronic resources such as ejournals and databases.
The Web of Science (citation indexes) is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences, social sciences and arts. It indexes major journals in these disciplines. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. The search interface at this web site provides access to Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Clinical Students Reading lists
The Medical Library is open:
08:00 - 19.45 Monday - Friday
09:00 - 16.45 Saturday
Staff at the enquiry desk:
10:00 - 16:00 Monday and Friday
10:00 - 19:00 Tuesday - Thursday
13:00 - 16:00 Saturday
University of Cambridge staff and students can borrow books from the library with their blue cards. NHS staff based in the East of England can register using the registration form. Once the form has been completed please email us from your NHS email account including your current role and contract end date. If you have previously been a member of the Medical Library please contact us and we can re-activate your library account.
To find textbooks and other printed books in the Medical Library use iDiscover, (link opens in new tab).
To find Clinical Students' reading lists use Leganto. (link opens in new tab)
If you need the full text of an article please email us at library@medschl.cam.ac.uk
There are many other libraries in Cambridge which may also hold useful collections for your subject.
We recommend:
Your college library (link opens in new tab).